Fur-Trapping In Alaska

gold-rich Spanish settlements in Peru and Mexico. Some may even think of the French and Dutch colonies. Close to none ever consider the Russian colonies of North America’s western coast. These colonies went from Alaska, all the way to California. The first person to “discover” Alaska for Russia’s purposes was Vitus Bering, an explorer of Danish descent. He was hired by russia to explore the “New World”. Born in 1681, the explorer would go on to lead great exploration voyages for Peter the Great

fashion industry. Any type of material seems fair game to designers these days. The use of animal fur and skins as a fashion statement is morally wrong according to most animal activist organizations. However, many corporations with interests in animal fur argue that animals do not have the same consciousness people do. Also, the production of faux fur has actually given rise to higher prices of real fur and pelts. The animals have no say in the matter, which is cruel and unusual in itself. Many corporations

The Fur trade flourished in the beginning of the 1600’s and prospered until the mid-1800. Some of the most valuable items in the fur trade consisted of hats and pelts made from beaver. But what caused the fall of the fur trade and why are furs and pelts no longer viewed as valuable as they were hundreds of years ago. The act of trapping and skinning the fur from wild game is a lost art form which still thrives in remote areas but not in most places like it did over 200 years ago. If the fur trade

years. In the eastern woodlands, the gray wolf is also known as the "timber wolf," and in the arctic, the gray wolf is sometimes called the "arctic wolf." In the tundra, the gray wolf is sometimes called the "tundra wolf." The gray wolf has a gray fur coat with long tawny-colored legs, a narrow chest, and tawny-colored flanks. Males are larger than females. The gray wolf can reach up to 45 mph in a short sprint but can also run up to 25 mph for several miles. They have an excellent sense of smell

into the wild to trap and russian fur traders in Alaska and Canada. Fur trading companies were build around this trade, they would often hire many people to go out into the forest far away from civilization to hurn large game for pelts and trap smaller animals for the furs to bring back to towns and sell to other nations. These companies would more often than not hire the “mountain men” to scout ahead of the larger hunting parties or to do their own hunting and trapping in the name of the company. Some

is usually found up North where it is cold in Canada, the Arctic wolves have beautiful thick white fur. The second wolf that i will tell you about is the grey wolf, the grey wolf is a more common wolf but none the less gorgeous with its gray and black fur. The grey wolfs used to roam the united states, but almost all of them were exterminated. Now the grey wolves habitat is excluded to Canada, Alaska, the Great Lakes, northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. The next wolf i

Yaranely Chaidez D. Tantalo English 101 Essay 3 29 October 2012 Wolves in Danger Wolves have unique features; they are smart, sly, and curious, but for many hunters they kill them for their fur. Hunters take wolves and kill them for their fur. For example, the residents of Alaska have the idea that killing wolves are okay. Well, this horrendous and vile act that they are committing should be illegal. This act that they are doing is putting the fate of wolves in a dangerous place and they

them were hunted to get them out of locations or for food. Most of them were hunted to take their fur for warmth and to make money.It is estimated that in the 19th century more than one million wolves around the world were needlessly killed.In Minnesota, the gray wolf is considered by the federal government to be threatened, whereas it is considered fully endangered the other Great Lakes. In Alaska the gray wolf thrives in such numbers that it is neither threatened nor endangered. CONFLICT WITH

Throughout the history for control over the Pacific Northwest many battles were fought. We found the ancestors of our families to be taken by surprise of the many actions we took. Many different tribes had established long lasting communities in the 18th century. Such as the Chinook, Salish and Nez Perce etc. The land was spread throughout the cascades through the Rocky Mountains. Years of torment and battle began from the Spanish and British explorers looking for the land. They searched for what

they were children. The second was about a scientist who had never been in the wild and was dropped off in the middle of nowhere with all of his equipment. The third video was Into the Wild, it was about a man who wanted an adventure and went into Alaska with little preparation and died. The fourth video was of a man who had had plenty of experience living in the wild and was very